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Paying it forward
Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Medical Science student Cathleen Phimdert is a U @Uni equity ambassador working with high school students in Sydney’s southwest. She met Anthony Ladewig through the...
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Sparking transformation
Katrina Schlunke is an expansive conversationalist, approaching every topic with curiosity, insight and enthusiasm. She invites the listener to share in her musings and offer their own perspectives....
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Designing big dreams
As a child, Zakary Chenoweth was obsessed with his parents’ camcorder. He lugged it around the house and took macro photographs – textiles, wood-grain and anything geometric provided inspiration. His...
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UTS orthoptists to keep an eye on better sight
Some of the worst eye-health conditions suffered by Australians could have been prevented in childhood if early diagnosis and treatment had been provided, a UTS expert has said.Associate Professor...
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Program boosts Indigenous aspiration in engineering and IT
With a new Mission Australia report showing a lack of awareness of opportunities can limit aspirations among Indigenous youth, programs like the UTS Galuwa Experience are providing an antidote.Recently...
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Hand i Pockets funshop
Hand i Pockets is a funshop that invites you to come along and make objects for fun and enjoyment to stimulate persons with dementia. It involves playing with craft textiles, hacking toys and embedding...
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Winter school brings the world to UTS
Students from locations as diverse as Hawaii and the Netherlands, Austria and Mexico, have for the first time joined Sydney-based undergraduates in the UTS Business School's new-style Winter...
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UTS ascends in world rankings
The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) has climbed in to the Top 400 in the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), released late last week.UTS now ranks 384 in the 2014 ARWU, up a...
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UTSpeaks: Shapeshifters – Creative Breakthroughs
Is scientific discovery any less creative than the genius of music, design or visual art? When did science become hard and pragmatic – seemingly divorced from the creative process?When history shows...
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Geared for success
Being a mentor as well as a peer is a difficult balancing act to master. However, Bachelor of Engineering and Biotechnology student Albert Ong takes the challenge in his stride. Currently in his...
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Making it memorable
When I first came to UTS as a naive 18-year-old fresh out of high school, all I wanted from my university experience was to blend in, make a few friends and graduate with minimal dramas. I was more...
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Girls got game
Debi Taylor has worked in everything from construction development to IT, and is well and truly socialised into male-dominated workplaces. So when she found herself the only female in her game...
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Surpassing, not passing
‘P’s get degrees.’ It’s catchy, it rhymes and in the midst of assessment madness, it’s a mantra that can provide some much needed reassurance. But is this the slogan we want encapsulating our future?...
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First year minus the fear
Most students start uni expecting a very different experience from high school: a bigger campus and even bigger student population, less hours in the classroom and more on independent study, more...
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A day in the life
9.32am Serving coffee - Bluebird Brekkie BarJoel Glynn (Bachelor of Design in Architecture) in Haymarket Building 5, Block B11.03am Relaxing with a coffeeBeth Ryan and Alanna Edwards (both studying...
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From Shanghai to Sydney
"When I see the UTS Tower, I think that's my building – that's where I belong," said Cici Chen, who is currently completing a dual Bachelor of Business degree between Shanghai University and UTS.Cici...
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Stepping on cracks
Natalie Clancy is in the first-year class of UTS’s new Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation. Associate Professor Louise McWhinnie is one of the course co-designers and Head of Department....
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Speaking from experience
“A lot of people feel really uncomfortable about asking silly questions and right up front I say, ‘That’s cool. Please do. That’s the way you’re going to learn,’” says Professor of Indigenous Education...
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Hi-tech health
“Mental health is an area where there’s still quite a lot of stigma, negative attitudes and misinformation,” says Lecturer in mental health nursing Fiona Orr.Addressing this stigma and equipping...
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Maths and minkes: developing a formula for better maths engagement
Video interviews with scientists, a look into the maths of a mobile phone and "real science" applications, like keeping track of whale numbers, are among resources that will be created by a UTS team of...
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